382 Captain G. E. Slielley on the 



60. ESTRELDA MELPODA. 



Bengali a joues orangees, Vieill. Ois. Cliaiit. 1805, p. 2G, 

 pi. 7. 



FringiUa melpoda, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 177. 



Estrelda melpoda, Gray & Mitchell, Gen. B. ii. 1849, 

 p. 369. 



FringiUa lippa, Licht. MS. Mus. Berol., fide Bp. Cousp. 

 i. 1850, p. 460. 



Melpoda lippa, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 26, pi. 7. figs. 

 62-64. 



Habropyga melpoda, Cah. J. f. O. 1885, p. 464, Angola. 



Hab. W. Afr., from Angola to Senegambia. 



a. January, Cape-Coast Castle [Shelley). 



61. Estrelda astrild. 



Loxia astrild, Linn. S. N. i. 1766, p. 303. 



Astrild, Vieill. Ois. Chant. 1805, p. 35, pi, 12. 



FringiUa astrild, Vieill. N. D. xii. 1817, p. 232. 



FringiUa undulata. Pall. "^^ Adumbrat. p. 143,^^ lide Giebel. 



Estrelda astrild. Swains. Zool. Journ. iii. 1827, p. 349. 



Estrelda ccerulescens, Riipp. (nee V.) Neue Wirb. 1835-40, 

 p. 101. 



Estrelda rubriventris , Des Murs, in Lefebvre^s Voy. Abyss. 

 1845-50, p. 172. 



Habropyga astrild, Cab. Mus. Hein. i. 1851, p. 169. 



Estrelda occidentalis. Eraser, in Jard. Contr. Orn. 1851, 

 p. 156. 



Astrilda undulata, Reichb. Singvog. 1861, p. 9, pi. 2. figs. 

 7-9. 



Astrilda rubriventris, Reichb. t. c. p. 10, pi. 2. fig. 12. 



Estrelda undulata, Reichen. J.f. O. 1877, p. 29. 



Astrilda astrild, Holub & Pelz. Beitr. Orn. SUdafr. 1882, 

 p. 126. 



Habropyga minor, Cab. J. f. 0. 1878, p. 229, Voi river in 

 E. Afr. 



Hab. The whole of Africa south of about 16° N. lat. and 

 the surrounding islands, as the Comoro, Madagascar, 

 Reunion, Mauritius, St. Helena, Fernando Po. 



